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Despite the reputation of online marketplaces being distant and impersonal, through social technologies such as instant messaging, they can create the sense of personal and social relationships between buyers and sellers, termed "swift guanxi" in China, to facilitate…

When I was asked last year to develop a social media marketing service, the first question they asked was whether I already had software in mind or if it needed to be built. I told them that the software had already been developed and it was free. This didn't go over well at first; they’d always used premium social media…

In this age of transparency in our business, let's take some of our own medicine. It's time to practice what we preach. (I can't believe I've surpassed my quota on clichés this early in the article.) I want to take this opportunity to take a closer look at our job titles and descriptions. Let's look at the different…

In the first couple of paragraphs in his book, Good to Great, author Jim Collins makes several interesting statements:

Good is the enemy of great. And that is one of the key reasons why we have so little that becomes great. Few people attain great lives, in large part because it is just so easy to settle for a good life. The vast majority of companies never become great, precisely because the vast majority become quite good – and that is their…

Traffic is slow, business is weak, the economy stinks and banks aren’t buying. Repeat this mantra 100 times and see how you feel. I promise you that if you replay this message enough, you will believe it as absolute truth and become depressed and desperate. No matter what circumstances are at present, the choice is simple: You choose to win or choose to lose.

The one single ingredient that is always present in any success story is self-determination. You are always…

As we all know over 90% of consumers are online when researching and deciding which vehicle that he/she want's to purchase which leads to the inevitable that we must fish where the fish are. Research reveals that effective Internet advertising not only provides dealers with greater reach to car…

Miami Digital Agency, SMDigital Partners has been a Full Service Digital Agency in South Florida for over 10 years. Online marketing firm specializing in Pay-Per-Click, SEM, SEO, Responsive Web Design, Google Adwords, Local SEO Marketing and Augmented…

More and more customers are using their mobile devices and tablets to access the internet but also perform web searches looking for information. Mobile Advertising is just beginning to be used as an effective online marketing channel and SMDigital has over 10 years of Mobile Marketing Experience.

The year 2015 is one that Personal Computers will remember. It is expected that the number of users accessing the Internet via mobile devices such as Smartphones and tablets will outpace…

In a nationwide survey to more than 3,000 leasing drivers, only 12.5% of respondents feel Lincoln is very desirable, while 9% feel the same way toward Volvo according to data compiled by Swapalease.com. Participants were asked to rank their perceptions of certain luxury-type brands including Jaguar, Land Rover, Porsche, Infiniti, Lincoln and Volvo. Porsche scored the highest, with…

In my recent exploration of various social media profiles being used by local businesses, I found a disturbing trend. While there are definitely those who are doing it right and utilizing Facebook, Twitter, Google+, and Pinterest the right way, there are also plenty who are simply failing at it miserably. They are forgetting the most fundamental aspect of managing their profiles, namely posting the right way.

An acquaintance of mine shared an experience with me that got me thinking. He traveled frequently and was a member of a particular hotel chain’s loyalty program. One particular stay at one of the chain’s locations was, in his opinion, beneath the quality that he had…

You have Google Analytics implemented across all your dealer group's sites. You know that data based analysis grows more important to your dealership management teams and the decisions they make every year. You may have even heard Google's Avinash Kaushik railing against traditional web stats at the last Digital Dealer conference in Orlando. But you're not sure how to…

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